... Is there any mortal in existence who has never desired the power of lifting the veil that hides the future? Probably not one: so that Mr. E. J. Goodman, in the novel entitled Too Curious (I vol.: Be ...

... THE WELSH EISTEDDFOD.-- Whether the Welsh were wise to hold their Jubilee Eisteddfod in London at all is a matter quite open to question. The very charm of these gatherings lies in their essentially n ...

... MR. SYDNEY GRUNDY'S farce in three acts, entitled The Snowball, originally produced at the Strand Theatre some years ago, has been revived at the Globe this week with some success. Its story, which co ...

... THE ROYAL JUBILEE ANTHEM.-- Two musical compositions have been commanded for the Royal Jubilee. One is Mr. W. G. Cusins' Jubilee Cantata, which will be performed in the Queen's presence at a State ...

... MESSRS. WEEKES AND CO.-- Three songs, written and com posed by Cotsford Dick, are pleasing compositions: they are respectively, In a Dream, A Lullaby of Love, and A Caprice; they are all of medi ...

... LONDON is just now not quite so completely denuded of theatrical entertainments as Paris, where, owing to the hot weather and the fire panic, only one theatre, and that a house of the third rank, stil ...

... MR. GILLETTE'S military drama, brought out in a tentative fashion at the PRINCESS'S Theatre on Saturday afternoon, proved to be a far better specimen of dramatic work than the average of American piec ...

... iSDuH I PROMENADE CONCERTS.-- The Promenade Conceit season at Covent Garden continues successfully. It is alleged that 8,000 people paid a,t the doors last Saturday night, and although doubtless the n ...

... IT is infinitely refreshing to meet with a novel like Mr. H. S. Cunningham's The Cœruleans (2 vols.: Macmillan and Co.), and we only wish that the author of Chronicles of Dustypore and Wheat and ...

... THE OPERA.-- Mr. Augustus Harris on Wednesday issued the prospectus of the Royal Italian Opera, Drury Lane. He expressly states that he will produce no novelties, but will rely upon first-rate repre ...

... JAMES HEPBURN: FREE CHURCH MINISTER, by Sophia F. F. Veitch (2 vols.: Alexander Gardner), is an unquestionably able and even powerful novel. It has a distinct and lofty motive, the power of unselfis ...

... The adaptation of Mr. Rider Haggard's Dawn, entitled Devil Carcsfoot, which we noticed on the occasion of its recent production at a morning performance, has now taken formal posses sion of the stage ...